When You Gamble Perfectly But Still Lose

You’ve heard the expression, “The operation was a success but the patient died.” What does it mean? Could it relate to the concept of: “Gamble Perfectly But Still Lose?”
Video Poker | The Kind Of Attitude Problems That Benefit Video Poker Play

In casinos, their basic program is that the players lose. I don’t like that program. Going along with that program isn’t a way to come out ahead. So I regularly look for exceptions and sometimes find them. And when I do find them, and I think the exceptions are to my benefit,
Video Poker | How Happy Do You Get With A Royal Flush?

Last year I read Michael Craig’s “The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King,” which was about a banker from Texas, Andy Beal, taking on the best poker players in the world, one at a time, in heads up limit Texas Hold’em poker. For a discussion of the book, you can listen to the March […]
Video Poker Coaching Done Right – Bob Dancer

Video poker coaching isn’t just about odds and techniques, but also about the person who’s playing. Everyone has their own style, games & knowledge..
Where’s The Best Place To Play Video Poker?

Every month I get at least three emails with some variation of the following: “I’ll be in Las Vegas next month and I want to know the best place to play video poker.”
How To Decide Which Video Poker Game To Play

In video poker, things are very much opposite from the situation described above. You can learn everything you need to know about a game by looking at the pay schedule, denomination, slot club, and current promotions — assuming you know how to read the “code”. There is no additional information available by tasting — for me anyway. Your score over five minutes or five hours tells you absolutely nothing relevant about whether or not you should keep playing.
Many people have a tough time accepting this concept. After all, in most things in life, you learn as you go. But not here.
Video Poker | Five Hundred Dollars Isn’t The Same As Five Hundred Dollars

To me, the $500 loss at this casino isn’t a real loss. I know there are swings up and down. I STRONGLY BELIEVE I’m going to come out ahead at gambling over the course of a year.
Sunday News | Imploding Excalibur To New High Limit Rooms At The Cosmopolitan

Rumor has it that MGM Resorts International is considering imploding Excalibur. The idea is that the low-end family hotel would be replaced with another..
Video Poker | Not All Lessons Are Learned So Easily – Bob Dancer

The way the class operates is that I go around the class and ask everyone in turn a question. I was coming up to Tom, Dick, and Harry — likely not their real names.
Video Poker | Have You Got What It Takes? – Bob Dancer

If you lack basic intelligence, video poker study probably isn’t going to help you very much. You might learn enough to lose less over time, but you’ll never be very good. Anyone who claims that everybody can be successful at video poker is mistaken.